Advances in facial recognition technology, companies and governments have the potential to watch us wherever we go.

Ever wondered what Snapchat is but been too embarrassed to ask? The app's co-founder and chief executive has come up with a parent's guide to the phenomenon.

Crime analytics software company Wynyard Group is "well and truly on track" to hit its full-year revenue.

Xero has announced from its annual Xerocon conference it has surpassed 500,000 subscribers globally.

Business management software company Roll has completed the latest accelerator programme through Lightning Lab and is looking to raise $750,000 as it turns its focus to the UK market.

Xero has topped Forbes' Most Innovative Growth Companies list for a second year running.

Kiwi cinema software developer Vista Group International has signed a deal with the second-largest theatre chain in the United States, AMC Theatres.

Surfboards traditionally take up to six weeks to build but the Kinaroad machine aims to build and laminate the board within five days.

Microsoft's upcoming annual developer conference is seen as crucial by industry experts to introduce appealing new products from the tech giant.

Twitter has taken its biggest step yet against harassment. And here's the incredible thing - this new step actually works.

Microsoft is killing off Internet Explorer and will rebrand its internet browsing software under what is currently code-named Project Spartan, later this year.

Toronto start-up Wattpad is looking for ways to boost revenue as competitors fire up similar online story-sharing services.

As rivalry between Australasian accounting software foes Xero and MYOB heats up, an investment blog has found a novel method of comparing the two companies' prospects.

Apple has reportedly sent out invitations to an event where it will unveil details for the release of the Apple Watch.

The Time Queen shares her experience using voice recognition software to save hours typing documents.

Robots can leave all future high-tech workers and, potentially, all future low-tech workers worse off.

Vint Cerf, one of the people who helped build the internet (and who's now been assimilated by Google of course), is warning about a digital Dark Age.

Twitter said government requests for user data and content removal jumped in the second half of 2014.

In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Point-of-sale software company Vend has grown to more than 200 staff and seven offices worldwide, and chief executive Vaughan Rowsell expects it to keep expanding.